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{{Infobox album
| name       = 7...
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Mint Condition]]
| cover      = Mintcondition-7-album.jpg|border=yes
| alt        =
| released   = {{start date|2011|04|05}}
| recorded   = 
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| length     = 45:41
| label      = [[Shanachie Records|Shanachie]]
| producer   = Mint Condition
| prev_title = [[E-Life (album)|E-Life]]
| prev_year  = 2008
| next_title = [[Music At the Speed of Life]]
| next_year  = 2012
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = 7...
 | type        = Studio
 | single1     = Caught My Eye
 | single1date = January 17, 2011
 | single2     = Walk On
 | single2date = August 12, 2011
}}
}}
'''''7...''''' is the seventh studio album by American [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] band [[Mint Condition]] released on April 5, 2011.<ref name="Allmusic" /> It is the first album the band has released on the label [[Shanachie Records]]. The album title refers to this being their seventh album in their 20 years of performing.<ref name="bbkingblues"/>  At under 46 minutes, it also is distinctive as being the shortest album in their catalog. The album cover was photographed by bassist Ricky Kinchen, who has done the photography for all Mint Condition albums since 1999's ''[[Life's Aquarium]]''.

The music videos released from the album are recognized for their ties to actors. Actress [[Regina King]] directed the video for the Kelly Price duet "Not My Daddy".<ref name="LuLu" /> The video for the single "Walk On" stars [[Carl Anthony Payne II]] of ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' and ''[[Martin (TV series)|Martin]]'' fame.<ref name="singersroom"/>

==Critical reception==
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|rev1score={{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
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In a review for [[AllMusic]], critic reviewer Andy Kellman wrote: "It’s a shame this band gets a small fraction of the airplay granted to those who have followed in their footsteps. Two decades into their career, they're making some of their best music."<ref name="Allmusic"/>

==Track listing==
{{Tracklist
| headline = ''7...'' track listing
| title1 = Can't Get Away
| writer1 = {{hlist|Ricky Kinchen|[[Stokley Williams]]}}
| length1 = 4:57
| title2 = I Want It
| writer2 = {{hlist|Kinchen|Williams}}
| length2 = 3:44
| title3 = Walk On
| writer3 = {{hlist|Jeffrey Allen|Williams|Lawrence El}}
| length3 = 5:14
| title4 = Mind Slicker
| writer4 = {{hlist|Williams}}
| length4 = 4:40
| title5 = Caught My Eye
| writer5 = {{hlist|Williams|El}}
| length5 = 3:46
| title6 = Bossalude
| writer6 = {{hlist|Allen|Williams}}
| length6 = 2:04
| title7 = 7
| writer7 = {{hlist|Allen|Williams|K. Jackson}}
| length7 = 2:17
| title8 = Ease the Pain
| writer8 = {{hlist|Kinchen}}
| length8 = 4:57
| title9 = Unsung
| writer9 = {{hlist|El}}
| length9 = 4:33
| title10 = Not My Daddy
| note10 = featuring [[Kelly Price]]
| writer10 = {{hlist|[[Warryn Campbell]]|Kelly Price}}
| length10 = 4:33
| title11 = Twenty Years Later
| writer11 = {{hlist|Kinchen|Williams}}
| length11 = 4:52
}}
{{Tracklist
| headline = Deluxe Edition<ref name="iTunes" />
| title12 = Whatchu Want
| length12 = 4:40
| title13 = Cupid’s Hunt
| length13 = 5:28
| title14 = Bless a Woman and a Man
| length14 = 5:09
| title15 = Nothin' Left to Say
| note15 = Live Yoshi's San Francisco
| length15 = 6:20
| title16 = I'm Ready
| note16 = Live Yoshi’s San Francisco
| length16 = 5:48
}}

==Personnel==
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'''Band members'''
* [[Stokley Williams]] – lead vocals, background vocals, keyboards, bass, guitar, drums, steel pan, mixing, mastering
* Lawrence El – piano, keyboards
* Ricky Kinchen – guitar, bass, keyboards, background vocals, drum programming, photography
* Homer O'Dell – guitar, sitar
* Jeffrey Allen – keyboards, organ, background vocals
'''Additional musicians'''
* Kelly Price – lead and background vocals on "Not My Daddy"
* Brandon Commodore – drums on "Mind Slicker"
* Darnell Davis – organ on "Unsung"
* [[K. Jackson]] – rap on "7"
* Tonia Hughes-Kendrick – vocals on "Unsung"
* Arion-Brasil Williams – shaker on "Can't Get Away"
* Aaliyah Kellogg – additional backgrounds on "Can't Get Away"
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'''Production'''
* Dave Darlington – mastering, mixing
* Brian Johnson – mixing on "Caught My Eye"
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==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Chart performance for ''7...''
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2011)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|33|artist=Mint Condition|rowheader=true|access-date=March 20, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardIndependent|7|artist=Mint Condition|rowheader=true|access-date=March 20, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|12|artist=Mint Condition|rowheader=true|access-date=March 20, 2021}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2011)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref name="BBHipHop"/>
| 98
|}
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==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web|last=Kellman |first=Andy |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/7-r2142247|title=7... - Mint Condition |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |date=April 5, 2011 |access-date=April 4, 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="bbkingblues">{{cite web|title=Mint Condition|url=http://www.bbkingblues.com/bio.php?id=3759|work=biography|publisher=bbkingblues.com|access-date=April 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209015913/http://www.bbkingblues.com/bio.php?id=3759|archive-date=February 9, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="BBHipHop">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2011|work=Billboard|access-date=March 20, 2021}}</ref>

<ref name="LuLu">{{cite web|title=Kelly Price enlists Regina King to direct "Not My Daddy" video|url=http://iluluonline.com/kelly-price-enlists-regina-king-to-direct-not-my-daddy-music-video/|publisher=iluluonline.com|access-date=October 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115165346/http://iluluonline.com/kelly-price-enlists-regina-king-to-direct-not-my-daddy-music-video/|archive-date=November 15, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

<ref name="iTunes">{{cite web|title=7... (The Deluxe Edition)|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/7...-the-deluxe-edition/id473042423|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601153459/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/7...-the-deluxe-edition/id473042423|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 1, 2014|work=Mint Condition|publisher=[[iTunes]]|access-date=October 23, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="singersroom">{{cite web|title=Mint Condition - Walk On|url=http://singersroom.com/content/2011-08-17/Mint-Condition-Walk-On/|work=music video|publisher=singersroom.com|access-date=April 22, 2014}}</ref>
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